The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-09-29
WASTE in FEEDING.


try them and see KATE HuRD.
WASTE IN FEEDING.
Facts which Farmers in tho Older states
Should Consider Thoughtfully.
1t seems as though waste was the
motto of many farmers. They literally
throw away their capital. Fodder is
capital. and 1t is flung about the barn
yard as IL 1t was worthless COM
modify; and it is trodden undor foot,
scattered around and wasted on every
side. This is not the way other bust
ness men handle their assets; they save
them. and try to turn them into the
most money.
It seems to be the rule to feed animals
at a loss, Nothing should ever be fed
in barnyard, The stable is the place,
and in tight manger, where nothing
can be wasted, Too much fodder is
piled up in front of animals for them
to breathe upon. When this is the
case, they will not cat il until they are
very hungry. They should have just
what they will eat up clean. If given
more than this, they will pick il over
and eat tho best parts, and the rest will
90 to waste, We were feeding some
bright clover and timothy hay to a loi
of calves and yearlings, and when given
a manger full more than half was left in
the mangcr and went to waste; when
given half Us much, they ate 1t all.
The stems were coarse but good. and
too valuable to go directly to the
manure pile.
On some farms enough straw is
wasted TO make handsome income,
All straw is poor food, as 1t lacks in
both the elements of growth and fat
The proportions are so small that
animals can not eat enough to make
much gain. They will live on it, but
the farmer wants more. BY the addi-
ton of little meal, the straw can be
sold in a good market on the farm. and
be had for manure ut the same time.
This is Just what the farmer wants, TO
convert into fertilizer all the fodder
and grain he can which has paid q good
profit upon itself in other ways, MS meat
butter or cheese. When this is done,
the farm will always be profitable.
have often said would be willing
to buy tons of food for animals II 1t
paid for itself in the meat it would
make, and leave me the manure clear
for the labor. have paid out thou
sands Of dollars on this basis 1t works
we'll when meats are as high compare.
lively rs grain. but does not leave
much margin. Unless under very favor
able circumstances the rule is the Other
way. The fresh meat shipments have
upset the profits of such a system a
present in the East With OK bee
worth no more than four and hal
cents pound live weight, one can no
now buy feed and make beef and keel
even. The farmer who has the fodde
can winter cattle and feed them oil
grass and make gain.
Another common mistake with man.
is to try to winter too many animals OF
/ the amount OF fodder in store. The re
: suit is, they all come out poor. and J
takes half OF the summers feed to ge
them back to the condition they were Il
, when the winter began. Here is q los
Of the winters keep and half of Tia
summers. and the only profit there
during the year is that had during tn
last part of the grass feeding. insis
i that Il my animals, except the old ones
: do not grow all winter. am losin
: money. What am feeding for il the
! do not gain in size and weight Olde
cattle should not lose in condition, an
, if they chance to be cows, they shout
t return milk for their food during til
greater part of the foddering season
, This is not the case with the majorit
! of native cows. and right here is one {
, the principal benefits Of thoroughbre'
| COWS, and most decidedly OF Jerseys
that they will give milk nearly tn
!, year round. and this big lack Of incom
\ for four or five months does not occur
G A COW well fed does not need to 6
r dry more than month and half or tw
: months. A starved COW should 60 DIR
: all of the time. The time was whe
I the Eastern farmer could feed cattle i
a the winter with rising market, an
I there was double margin-a gain
!, weight and gain in price. This
. not SO now, and would not advise a
9 attempt at fattening beeyes in winte
5 but thrifty wintering for summer tol
y ing of. Beef can be made ON grass Il
!. two or three cents pound, but not LEI
o thin for five-or six cents, live weigh
il in winter, on the market value OF ha
$ and grain. Such is my experience.
Q thought that If other farmers coul
afford to feed cattle and sheep Il
@ slaughter on their hay and grain,
:. could buy the feed and make somethin
s too. and get the manure. Ihave tn
! winter given it up. A farmer ca
~ afford to feed his own, when anotbe
d to buy, can not do it. The margin
l. are against the man who buys. Aft
le all of the care and business sense whiS
y man may practice, If he is neglect
a of conditions, ha will fail. The ar
a mails must be kept warm, and all ii
n other sanitary conditions must be
K the best TO insure success. Successf
y farming is far from fool's business.
ID y. d. Curtis, in Country Gentleman.